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A Call to Community
"A community is the mental and spiritual condition of knowing that the place is shared, and that the people who share the place define and limit the possibilities of each other's lives. It is the knowledge that people have of each other, their concern for each other, their trust in each other, the freedom with which they come and go among themselves." ~ Wendell Berry, The Long Legged House (1969)
About Us
The Commonwealth Center for the Humanities and Society (CCHS) offers a variety of programs, some focused internally on faculty research, but many designed to appeal to the public and to help make the University a cultural center for the city and the Commonwealth.
CCHS is one of six Humanities Centers worldwide to be awarded a Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes grant, which we will use to establish the first consortium of humanities centers and departments across Kentucky’s public universities. To read more about “Humanities as the Common Wealth of Kentucky,” click here.Upcoming Events
Are you interested in sharing your ideas with a wider audience? Do you want to shape public conversations? CCHS invites you to attend a two-day workshop called Write to Change the World, run by the OpEd Project whose mission is "to change who writes history."
This 7 hour, two-day workshop is geared for those who want to turn their good ideas into action by writing for public audiences. During the workshop, participants will draft an op-ed with the support of the OpEd Project. You will then have a chance to have professional journalists workshop your writing and help guide this op-ed toward publication. Click here to find out more.
